by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
On 30 March, Georgia lawmakers voted to ban abortion “as soon as a heartbeat is detected in the embryo “, as early as the sixth week of pregnancy. The measure allows exceptions in the event of medical complications, or if the mother’s life or health is in...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
“The doctor asked me if this baby was planned and said: ‘You’re young, so why would you want to keep this baby when your chances of having another baby with Down syndrome are really low? You could try again, to have a normal one’”. Lucas and Emily...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
In the U.S., the Trump Administration has awarded a grant of $5.1 million for the next three years, including $1.7 million for this year, to the non-profit organization the Obria Group. The funds come from Title X of the family planning fund, which excludes abortion...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
In 2017, a team of researchers announced that they had kept premature lamb foetuses alive in an “artificial uterus”. Last month, the same scientists said that they had made a “leap forward” by carrying out the same experiment with...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | Abortion - Medical termination of Pregnancy(MTP)
According to surveys, New York State residents are massively overwhelmingly opposed to late-term abortions. Barely two months after the Governor of New York legalized abortion until birth[1], a survey by Marist Poll showed that only 20% of New Yorkers are in favour of...
by Henrianne DE PONTBRIAND | 15 Apr, 2019 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have carried out a large-scale study to investigate the risk of cancer in children born from IVF[1]. This study, published in JAMA Paediatrics, included 2,542,533 children born between 2004 and 2013 in 14 American states,...